Enoch Godongwana

Enoch Godongwana's refusal to do so...

In his medium-term budget statement to parliament on 1 November Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana signalled more tax hikes and spending curbs in February when he will set out detailed financial plans for 2024-2025...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana rowed back in June demanding that Eskom improve its anti-corruption efforts before it receives any such exemption...

SA Reserve Bank Governor (SARB) Lesetja Kganyago said the dysfunctional rail and logistics system alone was costing the country R1 billion (US$53 million) a day in economic output from reduced exports which Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said had contributed to a R22bn shortfall in tax collections in the first five months of the tax year...

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana approaches his 2023 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) – which sets the government's medium-term fiscal targets – facing a near-impossible balancing act...

Many of the old guard including Gordhan Mantashe and possibly Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana are expected to retire after the 2024 national election...

Although Mantashe and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana emerged unscathed others in the Hani grouping such as Mondli Gungubele was moved from Minister in the Presidency for state security to Minister for Communications and Digital Technologies despite his lack of expertise in this critical sector...

The explosive television interview by André de Ruyter outgoing chief executive of ailing electricity utility Eskom on 21 February which upstaged Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's budget on the following day has triggered a sharper focus on the 'four criminal cartels' he accused of wrecking the power company and their links to senior figures in the ruling African National Congress...

It includes Gwede Mantashe Minister of Minerals and Energy and ANC chairman and one of the most powerful members of Ramaphosa's cabinet who is also seen as the man who delivered the President's second term; Mondli Gungubele Minister in the Presidency; and Enoch Godongwana Finance Minister...

Details of these are due to be announced by finance minister Enoch Godongwana in his budget on 22 February...